X2 Hatton Cross, Heathrow
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Trucks on the ramp up to X2 warehouse
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Industrial warehouse facility at Heathrow Airport over two storeys. Each level has its own service yard areas with upper level access via two one way ramps.
X2 is a two storey warehouse situated beside Heathrow airport. The warehouse is served by two access ramps dividing up-traffic from down-traffic. The building contains eight 6m high units, four on the ground floor level and four above, with office space is accommodated into the scheme.
A concern with the design was the angle and curve of the ramps. Specialist path-mapping software AutoTrack was used to calculate the curves and clearance heights.
There is a distinction between the steel frame construction of the warehouse and the concrete ramps. Where the two parts joined needed careful detailing to ensure the building stayed watertight.
Data
- Begun: Jan 2007
- Completed: Apr 2008
- Floor area: 21,886m2
- Sector: Industrial
- Procurement: JCT standard building contract with contractors design, incorporating amendments
- Address: Heathrow Airport, London, TW6 2SR, United Kingdom
Materials 
Professional Team
- Architect: Cornish Architects
- Project architect: Matthew Archer
- Client: Brixton
- Planning architect: EPR Architects
- Contract architect: Cornish Architects
- Planning supervisor: Rider Levett Bucknall
- Main contractor: Wates
- Structural engineer: Waterman Structures
- Quantity surveyor: WT Partnership/Wates
- Services engineer: Waterman Services/Civils
- Project manager: Rider Levett Bucknall
